Great Pumpkin | Peanuts Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin. The Great Pumpkin is an unseen imaginary character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz . The existence of the Great Pumpkin is a strongly-held belief by Linus , who has often been described as the most intelligent of the group, and yet, the most gullible. Linus firmly believes that on Halloween night the Great Pumkin rises out of the pumpkin patch and flies all over the world delivering toys to all good children everywhere. The Great Pumpkin was first referred to on October 26, 1959 and went on to become an annual feature of the Peanuts comic strip. It provided the basis for an animated television special, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and, to some extent, has entered into the wider popular culture.

It is unknown what the Great Pumpkin looks like because there is no official artwork, depiction from Linus, or any concept art depicting it. However, in parodies, it often appears as a creature with a pumpkin for a head and a body of vines. Contents Linus mistakes Snoopy for the Great Pumpkin in the TV special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown . Although Linus never actually sees the Great Pumpkin, over the years, he has mistaken several other objects for the Great Pumpkin, but finds out the next day that he was mistaken. October 30, 1960 : This is the first time Linus mistakes an object for the Great Pumpkin (and the second year Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin). Linus and Charlie Brown spend the evening waiting in the pumpkin patch. When they hear rustling nearby and then see something rising out of the patch, Linus, thinking it was indeed the Great Pumpkin, faints, at which point Charlie Brown notices it is only Snoopy . After coming to, Linus asks Charlie Brown if the Great Pumpkin left any toys, to which Charlie Brown replies, "No toys. Just a used dog".

This strip's storyline was the basis for the main plot in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , only Charlie Brown is replaced by Sally . October 31, 1967 : This time Snoopy sits with Linus in the patch when they hear rustling. Linus automatically thinks it is the Great Pumpkin while a terrified Snoopy thinks he should have never left the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm . The next day's strip, however, reveals that it was just a "bird hippie" ( Woodstock with a hippie hairstyle). October 30, 1982 : During an important bowling tournament that has been going on the entire previous week, Charlie Brown accidentally throws his ball out the front door of the bowling alley. Linus and Sally both got knocked over by the ball as it plows through the pumpkin patch. Two strips later, Linus is still convinced that it was the Great Pumpkin. This strip's storyline was the basis for the main plot of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show episode titled " Snoopy's Brother Spike ". October 31, 1983 : Spike is traveling cross-country with his cactus to visit his brother Snoopy.

By the time Halloween comes around, Spike's story is still being told in parallel with the Halloween-preparations strips. The two stories concluded together when Spike finally arrives in Snoopy's city: he wanders into the pumpkin patch and Linus mistakes his cactus to be the Great Pumpkin. October 31, 1993 : Again, Sally sitting with Linus out in the pumpkin patch when a Jack O'Lantern rises in the air on the end of a stick. It turns out to be Snoopy playing a prank on Linus. Linus mistakes Rerun for the Great Pumpkin October 31, 1996: Linus, this time in the pumpkin patch alone, sees something he does not immediately recognize. When he asks if it's the Great Pumpkin, it turns out to be Rerun with a sheet over his head. He has forgotten to cut the eye holes out of the sheet so he didn't know where he was or where he was going. Rerun spends the night roaming through the yard, and is still wearing the sheet in the next day's strip.

October 31, 1999: In the final original Halloween strips before Schulz' passing in early 2000, Linus once again convinces Sally to join him in the pumpkin patch. Although they do see something creep up on them in the pumpkin patch, Sally is again outraged when it turned out to be Snoopy driving a Zamboni. Other characters opinions about the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Charlie Brown makes fun of Linus' beliefs in the strip from November 3, 1959. Although Charlie Brown does not believe in the Great Pumpkin, ﻿on at least three occasions he has accompanied Linus in his pumpkin patch vigils as an observer. In the strip series from early November 1959 , the first year the Great Pumpkin was mentioned, Charlie Brown (with Lucy watching) uncharacteristically pokes fun at Linus for believing in the Great Pumpkin. Lucy Lucy will often mock Linus for his belief in the Great Pumpkin. She refuses to admit the Great Pumpkin exists. However, she does seem to secretly believe in it also.

One Sunday strip, from October 24, 1965 , shows Linus writing another letter to The Great Pumpkin with Lucy right by his side the whole time criticizing him. But in the final panel, after Linus mails the letter and walks off, Lucy asks "Did you tell him I've tried to be good, too?" Sally Sally joins Linus in the pumpkin patch. Sally has been seen in the pumpkin patch more times then any other character besides Linus. It is most likely due to her love for Linus. Sally's belief in the Great Pumpkin is quashed every year she waits in the pumpkin patch, yet the next time, presumably out of love for Linus, she believes in the Great Pumpkin just as strongly. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown depicts the first time she joined Linus instead of going out for tricks or treats with the others. Yet the 1981 Halloween strip series gives the premise an ironic role reversal: it is Sally, not Linus, who tells another character, her friend Eudora , about the Great Pumpkin and brings her to the pumpkin patch.

When the Great Pumpkin again fails to appear, Eudora berates Sally for wasting her time in the same manner that Sally usually turns on Linus. Peppermint Patty Peppermint Patty waits in the pumpkin patch in the strip from October 31, 1966. Peppermint Patty , on at least two occasions, has been depicted waiting in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin, doing so because by her own admission she is very superstitious, trusting and, she also admits, a little stupid. In the strip from October 28, 1966 she buys a dozen pumpkins from a supermarket and sets up her own patch, but is informed by Roy that Linus thinks this might be insincere. When, in the following day's strip, she telephones Linus for advice, he is left struggling for an answer to her "theological problem". In the series of Halloween strips from 1975 , Peppermint Patty informs Linus that she wrote and asked the Great Pumpkin for a baseball glove. Outraged, Linus informs her that children should not send requests to the Great Pumpkin, as if he were Santa Claus, but instead should happily accept whatever gift he brings them.

The boy banishes Peppermint Patty from the pumpkin patch for "doing the worst thing a person could do: offending the Great Pumpkin". Rerun follows Linus door to door as he preaches about the Great Pumpkin. Rerun Linus tries to pass on his belief to his younger brother Rerun in a 1996 strip. Rerun responds with "You're just trying to mess with my mind, aren't you?" However, Rerun goes along with Linus as he goes door-to-door telling others about the Great Pumpkin, often trying his best to keep his distance. Marcie Marcie sat with Linus in the Pumpkin patch on at least one occasion, and generally shows some belief in the Great Pumpkin by, on other occasions, walking door-to-door with Linus giving out Pumpkin tracts. Marcie repeatedly calls it the "Great Squash" or the "Great Grape", much to Linus' annoyance and quick correction. Snoopy Linus and Snoopy (who does not want to be recognized) wait in the pumpkin patch in the strip from October 31, 1971 . After Linus and Sally, Snoopy is the seen the most in the pumkin patch.

However his presence might have been through manipulation by Linus, either being taken against his will or coerced through bribery. In one strip when he was having his picture taken with Charlie Brown and Lucy to help interest "non-believers", Snoopy was thinking, "From this moment on, I'm known as Rex". There was one occasion, however, where it suggests that Snoopy was there willingly. Lucy had said to Linus "Anyone who sits in a pumpkin patch for five days waiting for the Great Pumpkin is crazy!" She then sees Snoopy sitting in the pumpkin patch, looking rather embarrassed, indicating that he had indeed been sitting there for five days waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Violet Violet berates Linus for his beliefs. Violet also believes that the Great Pumpkin is a fake. In the strip from October 25, 1961 , Violet berates Linus for believing in the Great Pumpkin.

She calls him "just plain stupid crazy," says he is talking "like someone who had just fallen out of a tree" and also calls him "stark raving stupid!" 555 95472 In the comic strip from October 29, 1963 , Linus tells " 5 " all about the Great Pumpkin. 5, believes that Linus is crazy, and replies "How long has it been since you've had a psychical check-up?" Appearances outside of the Peanuts canon In the song by The Royal Guardsmen , "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron " (recorded without permission from Charles M. Schulz and United Features Syndicate), Snoopy, the World War I Flying Ace , is said to have, "asked The Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan". The Great Pumpkin is depicted as a man in black with a pumpkin for a head in the violent 1986 Peanuts parody Bring Me The Head of Charlie Brown by Jim Reardon, (later a director and storyboard consultant for The Simpsons and co-writer of the Pixar film WALL-E).

Grand Pumpkin in The Simpsons The character is parodied in The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XIX" episode, as the Grand Pumpkin. The character returned in the Simpsons: Tapped Out game during the 2014 Treehouse of Horror update. Great Pumpkin in Robot Chicken. The Great Pumpkin appears in the episode of Robot Chicken called "Vegetable Funfest", murdering the majority of the Peanuts cast before being destroyed by the Kite-Eating Tree . In the Foxtrot comic strip Jason Fox is seen wearing a Great Pumpkin costume for Halloween. He wears a jack-o-lantern over his head. In the lantern's teeth are bits of security blanket for "irony". The Great Pumpkin features prominently in several " Halloween carols ", in which new Halloween related words are placed to pre-existing music, the lyrics of which are readily available on the Internet. TGP was conjured up by the Wiz in The Wizard of Id scaring poor Linus. The Wizard of Id - October 30, 2015.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ 10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ By Danny Gallagher October 16, 2012 2:36 PM REDDIT ABC/Warner Home Video ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ might be the best-known Peanuts television special, but the gang’s Halloween special also cemented its place in television history. Sure there wouldn’t be a Halloween cartoon without the holiday one, but there wouldn’t be a Peanuts gang on television for more than 40 years without ‘The Great Pumpkin.’ The story of the usually levelheaded Linus waiting for the rise of The Great Pumpkin on Halloween night was a huge hit and a huge risk since networks didn’t even consider Halloween worthy of having its own TV special back in the 1960s. Not only has it aired almost every Halloween since its debut in 1966, but the story of the Great Pumpkin also secured the Peanuts’ place in television history. Other parts of its storied history are equally entertaining and enlightening.

Check out some things you might not know about ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’ 1. The original ‘Great Pumpkin’ story was actually about religion ABC/Warner Home Video ‘Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz’s faith and beliefs often served as a launching point for his comic strip story lines and specials. A Halloween special might not seem like the ideal place for a message about personal beliefs but even The Great Pumpkin had something to say about faith and religion. Schulz’s ‘Great Pumpkin’ story got its start in his comic strip before finding a permanent place in popular culture on television. According to the book ‘Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography,’ Schulz received a rare complaint letter from a reader asserting that the Great Pumpkin was “sacrilegious.” He wrote a response agreeing with her assessment. He felt that the concept of believing in Santa Claus was just as ridiculous and sacrilegious as the Great Pumpkin and that he was “trying to show this in the Great Pumpkin strips.” 2.

The Halloween special came to life because CBS wanted another “blockbuster” ABC/Warner Home Video The massive success of the ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ special and its subsequent special ‘Charlie Brown’s All-Stars!’ gave animator Bill Melendez and director Lee Mendelson a lot of leeway with CBS to do another special. All they had to do was promise that it would be a “blockbuster.” Mendelson wrote in his book ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic’ that CBS network executives wanted another ‘Peanuts’ special but they also wanted a surefire hit. They didn’t just want something they could air once a year. They wanted something they could air year after year to bigger and bigger audiences. Mendelson and Melendez had to promise their third special would be a “blockbuster,” even though they had no idea on the table for another ‘Peanuts’ special. 3. The success of the Halloween special ensured the future of the ‘Peanuts’ specials ABC/Warner Home Video CBS wanted to be sure they would have another big hit on their hands.

One network executive even told Mendelson that if their third cartoon wasn’t the “blockbuster” they wanted, they wouldn’t fund any future Peanuts specials, according to a documentary extra on the Blu-Ray version of ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’ Fortunately, ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ was just as successful as ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ earning almost 50 percent of the viewing audience in its time slot. The ratings gave Mendelson and Melendez carte blanche to do even more ‘Peanuts’ specials for the rest of their careers. The pair went on to write, animate and produce more than 50 Peanuts specials until Melendez’s passing in 2008. 4. Kids sent candy to Charlie Brown after it aired Subscribe to TheFW on Charlie Brown couldn’t break his bad luck even on Halloween. When the gang goes trick-or-treating as Linus and Sally wait in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin’s arrival, Charlie Brown somehow ends up getting a treat bag full of rocks. Mendelson said in an interview that some of the kids who watched felt so bad for poor Charlie Brown that they actually mailed candy and other gifts to CBS addressed to Charlie Brown. 5.

It featured almost the entire original cast from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ ABC/Warner Home Video Melendez and Mendelson always insisted on using actual children to voice the ‘Peanuts’ characters, a casting decision that, according to Mendelson’s book , dated back to ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas.’ The specials were so successful and beloved that they didn’t want to change the characters too much, so they would stick with the original actors for as long as possible. They would have to change some of the actors and actresses every two years or so since their voices would change as they got older. The actress who played Lucy in ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ had to be replaced by the time they started work on ‘It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ for this very reason. 6. Sally’s lines were almost ruined because of a loose tooth Subscribe to TheFW on Of course, hiring children who could barely read to provide the voices for these characters presented a number of challenges. Mendelson recalled on the Blu-Ray documentary that Kathy Steinberg, the young actress who voiced Sally, almost had to be replaced.

Just as they were nearing the end of her recording sessions, her mother called Mendelson one night in a panic because Kathy had a loose tooth and the gap in her teeth could cause a lisp in her voice that would sound different from the dialogue they had already recorded. The crew had to rush Kathy into the recording studio as soon as it opened to get the rest of her lines on tape. Mendelson said Kathy’s tooth fell out during her very last line. 7. The first adult to record a voice for a Peanuts special was for Snoopy ABC/Warner Home Video There weren’t many noticeable changes between Schulz’s comic strip and the TV specials, except for one of its most animated characters. Snoopy didn’t have a speaking role in the animated cartoons except for a high-pitched gibberish voice. Melendez provided the voice for Snoopy and later for his birdie pal Woodstock, a casting decision that started during the recording for ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’ He told his son Steve in an interview that they hired an actor to provide Snoopy’s voice but it didn’t live up to his expectations.

One of the sound engineers suggested to Melendez that he provide the voice for Snoopy since his sounded best for the character. Melendez played the voice of Snoopy in the rest of his cartoons for almost 40 years. 8. Lucy is reading a TV Guide featuring herself on the cover Subscribe to TheFW on Melendez loved to add in little in-jokes for fans just to see what he could get away with in regards to budgeting and editing. Lucy actually appears in one scene twice early on in the ‘Great Pumpkin’ special. After Linus writes his letter to the Great Pumpkin, he walks past Lucy while she is sitting in front of the TV reading a TV Guide magazine. A split second shot of the magazine features Lucy on the cover of the magazine. 9. The idea of “Snoopy the Flying Ace” came from Sparky’s son ABC/Warner Home Video Snoopy evolved in the comic strip from a simple dog to a much more animated personality who begins to take on more adventurous roles and plot lines.

He became the famous World War I “Flying Ace” fighter pilot in constant pursuit of the dreaded Red Baron in the comic strips, an idea that came from one of Schulz’s sons Monte, according to Mendelson’s book . Monte was an avid model airplane builder and loved WWI aircraft. One day, he wandered into his father’s studio and suggested that he make Snoopy an imaginary fighter pilot. His father wasn’t crazy about the idea at first but it eventually snuck into some of his daily comic strips and was later used for the ‘Great Pumpkin’ special. 10. NASA took inspiration from Snoopy’s Flying Ace Subscribe to TheFW on Snoopy didn’t become the literal “Flying Ace” in the eyes of popular culture until he made his first appearance as such in the ‘Great Pumpkin’ special. It featured Snoopy flying his doghouse and eventually crash landing behind enemy lines. Charlie Brown narrated the action because Snoopy didn’t speak in the animated specials, even though Snoopy narrated his own adventures in the comic strip. Snoopy’s “Flying Ace” became one of his most famous alter egos, both onscreen and in newsprint.

He even became a good luck charm for the NASA astronauts during the Apollo space missions and as an icon for NASA safety. The crew of the Apollo 10 mission even brought a painting of the “Flying Ace” with them into space . It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on the App Store ** Featured in NY Times and TIME ** ** iPad & iPhone App of the Week ** ** #1 App in Books & Entertainment ** All Costumes and Carving tools now FREE!! Oh, Great Pumpkin! Where are you? This Halloween, hang out with Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang to find out for yourself! While Linus and Sally wait for the Great Pumpkin, you can create your own Peanuts character and join Charlie Brown at his first-ever Halloween party! Choose from millions of hilarious costume combinations and dress up to trick-or-treat with Lucy, Pigpen and the rest of the gang. Carve your own pumpkin, play a little ditty on Schroeder’s piano and bob for apples with Snoopy — just watch out for dog germs, blech! Narrated by Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, everyone’s favorite Halloween special is beautifully re-imagined in this interactive storybook designed for your iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch.

Digitally remastered illustrations are brought to life with the voices, dialog and music from the original 1966 animated TV special. Whether your family sings pumpkin carols and waits in pumpkin patches or you’re introducing It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown to your kids for the first time, everyone will love this magical interactive Halloween classic!

App Features: ● Choose from over 1 billion creative avatar and costume combinations to create your own Peanuts character ● Go trick-or-treating with Charlie Brown and the gang ● Carve your own pumpkin, bob for apples and play Schroeder’s piano ● Touch and drag objects to make them “spring” to life or tilt to watch them slide and move ● Objects magically pop out of the page to delight little and big kids ● Jump to any page in the book with the handy table of contents bookmark ● Educational features such as word and note highlighting to help improve reading and musical skills ● Hear individual words spoken with the tap of a finger ● Original dialog from the 1966 animated classic ● Captivating narration by Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown ● Charming soundtrack featuring music and sound effects from the original holiday special What's New in Version 1.3 - Updated child safety features - Widescreen support for iPhone 5 - iOS 7 Support - Bug fixes and performance improvements Screenshots Flawless homage the to Charlie Brown genre by Ro-dub Wonderful all .. Scenery .. Interactivity and music. It's like a living book.

The best thing is your child being able to design themselves as a character in the peanuts books and inserting themselves as a stand in character of sorts to hang out with the gang. My daughter got a real kick out of that (and yes you can choose from variety of skin tones). Only downside is the language in Charlie Brown is from a time where bullying was seemingly more accepted .. Charlie Brown is constantly put down and even called stupid every now and then plus a lot of arguing, moodiness, threats, and putting down in general across the board from a lot of the characters. I still give it 5 stars because it's a flawless homage to Charlie Brown and is a perfect example of what a 21st century book should be Not for children, many inappropriate words used in app. by fantastictaylor I almost deleted this app immediately after started about 30 seconds. The words used in the story are way too violence and negative for children. It maybe fun in the interest of an adult, but it's inappropriate for children. When you and your kid sit down and trying to enjoy a funny and spooky Halloween story for a nice Sunday afternoon, it just felt like a bomb explored on a peaceful land with this app.

There're way too many negative things and words people doing and saying everyday, I don't need to "buy" these things in to me and my children's life. I'll pretend I just dropped $6 bucks on the street. There're many ways to tell a good Halloween story by using positive and beautiful words. This app is not suitable for children at all. I'm very disappointed. I love these books by Linus17 I have read some of the reviews, and I don't get some of the negative ones. The language in the book is the same as the tv special. I thinks this is a great app for Peanuts fans. I don't like that you have to pay for some of the extras after already paying for the app, but I liked them so much anyway, that I bought the rest of the bundle. I would recommend these books.

Customers Also Bought It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | Peanuts Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 1,327pages on You're in Love, Charlie Brown Availability: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown iTunes, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown DVD, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Deluxe Edition DVD, Peanuts 1960's Collection DVD, Peppermint Patty Collection: Volume 2 DVD (Region 4: Australia/New Zealand) It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a critically-acclaimed animated television special, based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz . It was the third Peanuts special (and first Halloween special) to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez . Its initial broadcast took place on October 27, 1966 on the CBS network, before the popular sitcom My Three Sons. CBS re-aired the special annually through 2000, with ABC picking up the rights beginning in 2001.

The program was nominated for two Emmy Awards- Outstanding Children's Program (as was Charlie Brown's All-Stars ) and Special Classification of Individual Achievement. It has been issued on home video several times, including a Remastered Deluxe Edition of the special released by Paramount on October 23, 2003 (and on September 2, 2008 by Warner Home Video ) with the 1981 special It's Magic, Charlie Brown as a bonus feature. To celebrate its 40th Anniversary, a retrospective book was published in 2006 entitled, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; The Making of a Television Classic, with the entire script, never-before-seen photographs, storyboard excerpts, and interviews with the original child actors who provided the voices of the Peanuts gang. Contents [ show ] Plot The story opens with Linus and Lucy going out into a nearby pumpkin patch to find a pumpkin to use as a jack-o'-lantern. After rejecting a couple of smaller choices by Linus, Lucy points to the biggest pumpkin in the patch, which Linus clumsily rolls back home.

When they get home, Lucy takes a big knife and slices into the pumpkin to gut it, at which point a horrified Linus says, "Ohhhh, you didn't tell me you were going to kill it!", and starts crying. This is followed by an opening sequence, in which trick-or-treaters (dressed as Mr. Hyde, a witch, and three ghosts; most likely the children in the special) get pursued by sinister-looking phantoms representing Halloween. The trick-or-treaters are forced to hide in a near-by pumpkin patch until the coast is clear, at which point the title is shown on screen along with Charles M. Schulz 's creator credit, followed by an owl hooting as it flies off a tree branch and towards the audience. With autumn already in full swing, Charlie Brown is busy raking leaves with Snoopy 's help. Linus sees the pile and jumps right in the middle of it, forgetting he had a wet lollipop (called a sucker in this special) in his possession. Moments later Lucy comes with a football for Charlie Brown to kick.

He initially refuses but Lucy shows him a contract, which she says promises she will not pull the ball away, but when Charlie Brown is about to kick the ball, she does pull it away, which sends him landing flat on his back, like always. Linus writes a letter to the Great Pumpkin. Later, Linus writes a letter to The Great Pumpkin , to Charlie Brown's disbelief, Snoopy's laughter, Patty 's assurance that the Great Pumpkin is a fake, and even to Lucy's violent threat to make Linus stop ("You better cut it out right now or I'll pound you!"). Linus laments in the letter that "more people believe in Santa Claus than in you (The Great Pumpkin), but let's face it; Santa Claus has had more publicity. But being number two, perhaps you try harder" (a tongue-in-cheek jab at Avis Rent-A-Car's popular slogan of the day). Only Sally , Charlie Brown's younger sister, who is in love with Linus, supports him before Charlie Brown takes her away. After Linus mails his letter to the Great Pumpkin (using his blanket to open the mailbox after Lucy refuses to help), Charlie Brown dances when he receives an invitation to go to Violet's Halloween party.

His bubble is quickly burst by Lucy who mentions there were two lists, people to invite and people not to invite; Lucy is certain Charlie Brown's name was on the wrong list. On Halloween night, the gang gets their costumes ready. Lucy dresses as a witch, while the other kids dress up as ghosts. "Pig-Pen" is easily recognized by his trademark cloud of dust, while Charlie Brown has eyeholes cut out all over his sheet, matter-of-factly stating he had a little trouble with the scissors. Sally asks if she can join the gang trick-or-treating. Lucy explains how to trick-or-treat and Sally asks if it is legal. Before going trick-or-treating, the gang stops off at the pumpkin patch to make fun of Linus's missing out on all the fun as last year (especially when he asks if they came to sing "pumpkin carols"). Linus remains convinced that the Great Pumpkin will indeed come because he thinks the patch he is in is sincere enough and even convinces Sally to stick around and wait with him. The rest of the gang go off leaving Sally and Linus behind.

During trick-or-treating, everyone else gets assorted candy, gum, apples, cookies, popcorn balls, and even money. However, at every house, Charlie Brown gets the same thing — a rock . After tricks-or-treats, and another quick stop at the pumpkin patch to rib Linus and Sally again, the gang all go off to Violet's Halloween party. Meanwhile, Snoopy, wearing his World War I Flying Ace gear, climbs aboard his Sopwith Camel (in reality, his doghouse ) to do battle with the Red Baron . After being shot down, Snoopy makes his way across the countryside, before briefly crashing the Halloween party. Linus mistakes Snoopy for the Great Pumpkin. He then makes his way to the pumpkin patch where Linus and Sally are still waiting for the Great Pumpkin to show up. Linus hears Snoopy's rustling, and believes it is the Great Pumpkin. When Snoopy (still hidden in the shadows) rises above the pumpkins, Linus promptly faints. When Sally sees it is only Snoopy, she becomes outraged over missing tricks-or-treats and the Halloween party, and threatens to "sue" Linus.

She storms out of the pumpkin patch with the other children, leaving Linus by himself, still convinced the Great Pumpkin will come. When promising to put in a good word for them, he accidentally says "If the Great Pumpkin comes", instead of When. After he realizes his mistake, he declares that he is doomed and that "one little slip like that can cause the Great Pumpkin to pass you by." The camera then zooms out to reveal the entire pumpkin patch as he calls out, "OH GREAT PUMPKIN, WHERE ARE YOU?!" Lucy takes off Linus' shoes before he passes out. When 4:00 a.m. rolls around on November 1, Lucy gets up to check on Linus. Seeing his bed empty, she goes out to the pumpkin patch to find him lying on the ground shivering, covered in his security blanket. Lucy grudgingly walks him home and to his room, taking off his shoes and socks. He passes out in his own bed as Lucy puts the covers on him before angrily walking out of his room. Later on that day, Linus and Charlie Brown are at the wall talking about the previous night's events.

When Charlie Brown tries to console Linus saying "I've done a lot of stupid things in my life, too", Linus blows a fuse and angrily vows to Charlie Brown that the Great Pumpkin will come next year, his ranting continuing as the end credits roll. Voice cast It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ( 1966 ) 25min The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.

Director: From $9.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 46 titles created 05 Oct 2011 a list of 24 titles created 14 Mar 2014 a list of 28 titles created 30 Jan 2015 a list of 24 titles created 24 Sep 2015 a list of 28 titles created 3 months ago Title: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966– ) 8.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination. See more awards » Photos Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner. Directors: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman Stars: Todd Barbee, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.

Director: Bill Melendez Frosty the Snowman (TV Short 1969) Animation | Short | Comedy A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat. Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Stars: Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. Directors: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam Stars: Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravenscroft, June Foray A misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them. Director: Larry Roemer A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus. Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Stars: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn When his team is offered membership in the Little League, Charlie Brown finds he must make a difficult moral decision. Director: Bill Melendez The Peanuts gang prepare for Easter in their own clumsy ways. Director: Phil Roman Linus runs for school president with Lucy and Charlie Brown being his campaign managers.

Director: Bill Melendez The gang celebrate Valentine's Day while Charlie Brown hopes for at least one valentine for a change. Director: Phil Roman With the help of Linus and Peppermint Patty, Charlie Brown tries to pluck up the courage to talk to his crush, the Little Red-Haired Girl. Director: Bill Melendez The Peanuts gang prepares for the holidays in their own unique ways. Director: Bill Melendez Sally Brown (voice) (as Cathy Steinberg) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Edit Storyline The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween, with Linus hoping that, finally, he will be visited by The Great Pumpkin; while Charlie Brown is invited to a Halloween party. Written by Chuck Warner <deepwell@ix.netcom.com> Peanuts, pumpkins, and pleasure for the whole family! (2008 DVD re-release) See more » Genres: 27 October 1966 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Ésta es la gran calabaza, Charlie Brown See more » Company Credits Did You Know?

Trivia Actress Kathy Steinberg had almost finished recording all her lines of dialog as Sally when the producers received a phone call from Steinberg's mother informing them that one of Kathy's teeth was loose. Fearing that a sudden lisp would ruin the continuity dialogue, the producers rushed the young actress into the studio to finish recording her lines. Just as Steinberg was speaking her last line, the tooth came flying out of her mouth. See more » Goofs When the kids are putting on their Halloween costumes, Charlie Brown's ghost sheet has many holes in it. Shortly after, when Snoopy is walking out the front door as the World War I Flying Ace, Charlie Brown holds the door open for him and salutes. When he does this the many holes in his ghost costume disappear, only to re-appear later. See more » Quotes [Lucy scoops out the innards of the pumpkin Linus brought] Linus : [groans] You didn't tell me you were gonna kill it! [bawls] See more » Crazy Credits Linus and Charlie Brown are at the wall and Charlie tells Linus that he's done stupid things in his life, too.

Then Linus keeps on shouting during the credits about how sitting and waiting in a pumpkin patch wasn't stupid. See more » Connections It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) - Quotes - IMDb Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Charlie Brown : Who are you writing to, Linus? Linus : This is the time of year to write to the Great Pumpkin. On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children! Charlie Brown : You must be crazy. When are you going to stop believing in something that isn't true? Linus : When *you* stop believing in that fellow with a red suit and the white beard who goes, "Ho, ho, ho!" Charlie Brown : We're obviously separated by denominational differences. Sally Brown : I was robbed! I spent the whole night waiting for the Great Pumpkin, when I could have been out for tricks or treats. [covers her mouth, as she realizes what she's saying] Sally Brown : Halloween is over, and I missed it! [pointing at Linus] Sally Brown : You blockhead!

You kept me up all night waiting for the Great Pumpkin, and all that came was a beagle! I didn't get a chance to go out for tricks or treats. And it was all your fault! I'll sue! What a fool I was! I could have had candy apples and gum and cookies and money and all sorts of things. But no! I had to listen to you, you blockhead. What a fool I was. Trick or treats come only once a year, and I missed it by sitting in a pumpkin patch with a blockhead. [shakes Linus violently by his shirt] Charlie Brown : Well, another Halloween has come and gone. Linus : Yes, Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown : I don't understand it. I went trick-or-treating and all I got was a bag full of rocks. I suppose you spent all night in the pumpkin patch. [Linus nods] Linus : Nope. Charlie Brown : Well, don't take it too hard, Linus. I've done a lot of stupid things in my life, too. Linus : [furious] STUPID? What do you mean "stupid"? Just wait till next year, Charlie Brown. You'll see!

Next year at this same time, I'll find a pumpkin patch that is *real* sincere and I'll sit in that pumpkin patch until the Great Pumpkin appears. He'll rise out of that pumpkin patch and he'll fly through the air with his bag of toys. The Great Pumpkin will appear and I'll be waiting for him! I'll be there! I'll be sitting there in that pumpkin patch... and I'll see the Great Pumpkin. Just wait and see, Charlie Brown. I'll see that Great Pumpkin. I'll SEE the Great Pumpkin! Just you wait, Charlie Brown. The Great Pumpkin will appear, and I'll be waiting for him... [the screen fades out and the show ends in the most recent versions. However in the original airing, Linus continues shouting as the Dolly Madison Cakes and the Coca-Cola sponsor credits appear] Linus : I'll be there! I'll be sitting there in that pumpkin patch... and I'll see the Great Pumpkin. Just wait and see. Violet : By the way, whatever happened to the World War I flying ace?

[Charlie Brown visualizes what happened: Snoopy, in flying ace gear, climbs atop his doghouse like a plane] Charlie Brown : Oh, he's probably getting ready to take off in the Sopwith Camel on the next dawn patrol. His mission is, to find the Red Baron and shoot him down. Here's the World War I flying ace climbing into the cockpit of the Sopwith Camel. [Snoopy moves his mouth as if to speak] Charlie Brown : "Contact!" he shouts. [Snoopy starts up his doghouse-plane and takes off after the Red Baron] Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Charlie Brown : You just want me to come running up to kick that ball, so you can pull it away and see me fall flat on my back and kill myself. Lucy Van Pelt : This time you can trust me. See? I have a signed document testifying that I promise not to pull it away. Charlie Brown : It *is* signed. It's a signed document. I guess if you have a signed document in your possession, you can't go wrong. This year I'm really going to kick that football.

[Charlie Brown runs to kick football, but Lucy pulls it away] It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for iOS - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com Publisher's Description + From Loud Crow Interactive: All Costumes and Carving tools now FREE!!** iPad & iPhone App of the Week **** Top app in Books & Entertainment Categories **** Starbucks Pick of the Week **Oh, Great Pumpkin! Where are you? This Halloween, hang out with Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang to find out for yourself!While Linus and Sally wait for the Great Pumpkin, you can create your own Peanuts character and join Charlie Brown at his first-ever Halloween party! Choose from millions of hilarious costume combinations and dress up to trick-or-treat with Lucy, Pigpen and the rest of the gang. Carve your own pumpkin, play a little ditty on Schroeders piano and bob for apples with Snoopy just watch out for dog germs, blech! Narrated by Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, everyones favorite Halloween special is beautifully re-imagined in this interactive storybook designed for your iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch.

Digitally remastered illustrations are brought to life with the voices, dialog and music from the original 1966 animated TV special.

Whether your family sings pumpkin carols and waits in pumpkin patches or youre introducing Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown to your kids for the first time, everyone will love this magical interactive Halloween classic!App Features: Choose from over 1 billion creative avatar and costume combinations to create your own Peanuts character Go trick-or-treating with Charlie Brown and the gang Carve your own pumpkin, bob for apples and play Schroeders piano Touch and drag objects to make them spring to life or tilt to watch them slide and move Objects magically pop out of the page to delight little and big kids Jump to any page in the book with the handy table of contents bookmark Educational features such as word and note highlighting to help improve reading and musical skills Hear individual words spoken with the tap of a finger Original dialog from the 1966 animated classic Captivating narration by Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown Charming soundtrack featuring music and sound effects from the original holiday special What's new in this version: - Updated child safety features- Updated Avatar & Costumes features- Widescreen support for iPhone 5- iOS 7 Support- Bug fixes and performance improvements

Question: Which Peanuts character waits up every Halloween night for a visit from the Great Pumpkin?
Answer: Linus